Hot Tamales

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VALID CITY OF CHICAGO SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED AT THIS TIME, NOR MANAGER ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012a.
  code 21
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING INTERIOR NOT CLEAN, MICROWAVE, WHITE UPRIGHT FREEZER, AND BOX FREEZER. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOOR NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALSO UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HAND SINK IN POOR REPAIR ONE SIDE FALLING OFF WALL, INSTRUCTED TO REATTACH TO WALL.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED STOCK NOT ELEVATED 6" OFF THE STORAGE AREA FLOOR (CORN HUSK), INSTRUCTED TO ELEVATE 6" OFF THE FLOOR.
  code 41
• ⚠️Only Authorized Personnel In The Food-Prep Area
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FRONT ENTRANCE WAY OPEN TO REAR PREP AREA, ANY CUSTOMER CAN WALK BACK TO PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A DOOR/GATE SO ONLY EMPLOYEES CAN ENTER THIS FRONT PREP AREA.
  code 44
• ⚠️Food Handler Requirements Met
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER REQUIREMENTS NOT MET, ONE WOMEN PREPARING FOOD, NO CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 45

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 24, 2017: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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